Photo Flash: First Look at Manatee Performing Arts Center's ANNA IN THE TROPICS

The Manatee Players are presenting Anna in the Tropics as part of their 2017 - 2018 Action through Acting series in Bradenton Kiwanis Studio Theater, running October 12-29, 2017. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

Anna in the Tropics is a poignant and poetic new play set in Florida in 1929 in a Cuban-American cigar factory, where cigars are still rolled by hand and "lectors" are employed to educate and entertain the workers. The arrival of a new lector is a cause for celebration, but when he begins to read aloud from Anna Karenina, he unwittingly becomes a catalyst in the lives of his avid listeners, for whom Tolstoy, the tropics and the American dream prove a volatile combination.

ANNA IN THE TROPICS CAST:

Juan Julian: Gabriel Vicente

Conchita: Ana Maria Larson

Cheche: David Yamin

Palomo: Winn W. Wasson

Santiago: Eldred Brown, Jr.

Ofelia: Martha A. Lopez

Marela: Danielle Snelling

ANNA IN THE TROPICS CREATIVE TEAM:

Director: Preston Boyd

Scenic Design: Ralph Nurmella

Lighting Design: Patrick Bedell

Costume Design: Georgina Willmott

Stage Manager: Neal Addison

Sound Design: Tom Sell.

This production is in affiliation with UnidosNow as part of The Manatee Players' Action through Acting initiative designed to build community awareness and give socially relevant issues through live theatrical productions.

To purchase tickets, call the Box Office at (941) 748-5875, order online at ManateePerformingArtsCenter.com or visit the Manatee Performing Arts Center Box Office at 502 Third Avenue W. The Box Office is currently open Monday - Friday 10AM - 5PM.

Photo Credit: Brian Craft

Danielle Snelling

Ana Maria Larson

Ana Maria Larson, Martha A. Lopez and Danielle Snelling

David Yamin and Gabriel Vicente

Eldred Brown, Jr

Winn W. Wasson

Gabriel Vicente

Gabriel Vicente

David Yamin and Martha A. Lopez

Danielle Snelling, Martha A. Lopez and Ana Maria Larson

Ana Maria Larson

Ana Maria Larson